Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

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Dr. Daniel L. Smith-Christopher is a Biblical theologian and author, and frequently quoted in the History Channel's Mysteries of the Bible and other documentaries on religious themes for A&E, the History Channel, National Geographic, and PBS. He has taught at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles since 1989, with short visits to teach at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, St. John's Seminary in Auckland, New Zealand, and Bluffton University of Ohio. Born in Portland, Oregon, Dr. Christopher attended George Fox College (B.A.); Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary (Elkhart, Indiana; M.Div.) and received his doctorate in Old Testament Studies at Oxford University in England, in 1987. Although not Roman Catholic, and therefore not able to be a permanent member, Dr. Christopher was recently appointed by Cardinal Roger Mahony as a Permanent Consultant to the “Theological Commission” of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Dr. Christopher lectures frequently for various adult education venues of the Roman Catholic, United Methodist, Uniting Church of Australia, and other Christian churches. Dr. Christopher was awarded a Lilly grant, and with Prof. Mustansir Mir, a noted Quran scholar, Dr. Christopher coordinated the seminar and lectured with Dr. Mir on the topic “Peace and Justice in the Bible and the Quran” in the summer of 2003. Also in the summer of 2003, Dr. Christopher was invited to deliver a paper for a World Council of Churches consultation in Bangor, Wales (UK), and in the summer of 2004, he delivered a paper at the Parliament of World Religions held in Barcelona, Spain. The theological publisher Fortress Press (Minneapolis), named Dr. Christopher 'Undergraduate Theology Teacher of the Year' in 2006.

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• The Religion of the Landless (1989)
• The Citizen-Temple Community, Joel Weinberg (Translated from German by Daniel Smith-Christopher, 1994)
• Commentary on Daniel (for The New Interpreter's Bible, Vol. 7: Abingdon Press, Nashville, 1996)
• Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah (Oxford Bible Commentary, 2001)
• Practiced in the Presence: Essays in Honor of T. Canby Jones (with D. N. Snarr, 1994)
• Subverting Hatred: The Challenge of Nonviolence in Religious Traditions (1998)
• A Biblical Theology of Exile (Overtures to Biblical Theology) (2002)
• The Old Testament: Our Call to Faith and Justice - High School Textbook (2005)
• The Old Testament: Our Call to Faith and Justice-Teachers Edition (with Janie Gustafson, Ph.D., 2005)
• Jonah, Jesus, and Other Good Coyotes: Speaking Peace to Power in the Bible (2007)
• Lost Books of the Bible for Dummies (with Stephen Spignesi, 2008)